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Comments Filed Rulemaking Comments Re: Non-utility Default Service
In long-going proceeding at the California PUC to implement a formal Provider of Last Resort framework in the state, parties filed comments on whether or how a non-utility could serve in the POLR role. The public advocate argued that if a non-utility served as POLR, it could be fully-regulated like a utility, while the Small Business Utility Advocates argued the entire discussion was mooted by the fact “no IOU is interested in a non-IOU LSE serving as the POLR in its territory.” California Community Choice Association supported the proposed procedural pathway while maintain that the CPUC’s “statutory authority over a non- IOU LSE POLR extends only to ‘POLR-specific services.” Retail supplier Shell argued that the CPUC should clarify that that the law does not prohibit POLRs serving customers segmented by rate class nor does it require the utility to voluntarily accept a non-utility POLR in its territory for one to be implemented by the CPUC.
See link for all comments filed.
R2103011 (03/18/2021)
(Rulemaking to Implement Senate Bill 520 and Address Other Matters Related to Provider of Last Resort.)
